Allan Clay McBride
LT. Col/US ARMY: Headquarters, 2nd Field Artillery
Birth: June 30, 1885 in Middletown, MD
Death: May 9, 1944 in Japanese POW Camp, Formosa (Taiwan)
ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
Military Information Age at Enlistment: 32 years Home Residence during War: Frederick, MD Military Years: 1917-1919 Regular Army 9/29/1908, Captain, Field Artillery National Army 10/8/1917, Major Field Artillery 10/9/1917 Transferred to HQ, 349th Field Artillery Overseas (6/15/1918-7/13/1919) Marbache Sector 7/20/1918 Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Headquarters, 2nd Field Artillery 11/16/1918 Transferred to Headquarters, 13th Field Artillery 1/15/1919, Promoted to Adjutant General, 4th Field Artillery Brigade 12/15/1919 Field Artillery School, Fort Sill (OK) 1/1/1920 Still in Service Decorations: Order of St. Sava (Serbia) Personal Information Occupation: US Army (rose to rank of Brigadier General) Father: Andrew Clay McBride Mother: Annie Estelle Routzahn Spouse: Mary Avis Halbert Last known residence: 221 S. Market St., Frederick, MD Cause of Death: Died in Japanese Prison Camp during WWII (5/9/1944) on Formosa (Taiwan) NOTE: McBride was a Brigadier General in WWII, and a Chief of staff under Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Phillipines. He participated in the infamous Bataan Death March. |
Donors: TBA
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